The popular, informal 鶹ýƵվ Research Programming Technical Social series returns, for anyone with an interest in the computational methods and technology behind research and innovation.
Having expandedunder the “Knowledge Quarter Codes” nameto welcome participation from academic and industrial organisations across the and build a shared community of practice, the TechSocial series offers an opportunity to connect withfellow practitioners, and to discuss and learn about useful tools and techniques which may help with your work.
The seriesare held monthly, usually the second Wednesdayfrom 4.00pm onwards, with an informal format as follows:
- Short talk on a tool, program, environment, language or technique of general interest to researchers, research software engineers and data scientists.
- Discussion inspired by the talk, over pizza and drinks.
- Option toretire to an appropriate social venue.
All are welcome, whatever your background or career stage!
Latest and Upcoming events:
We are continuously adding future speakers and dates- so please watch this space for updates!
If you would be interested in speaking at a TechSocialeventplease contact us through the forum or by email.
The TechSocial series is available to all. Please register for attendance using the Pretix link provided for each event below, letting us know if you will be joining in-person or remotely. Those attending in-person can provide any dietary requirements during registration. The MS Teams link for remote attendance will be provided by Pretix
To keep up with announcements about the TechSocial series and other ARC events, or .
Speaker | Title | When | Where | Registration |
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Dongsheng Wang (JP Morgan) | Document AI and Large Language Models | 13th March 2024, from 4.00pm | 90 High Holborn - Function space | Closed |
Ankur Sinha (鶹ýƵվ) | Open Source Brain and NeuroML: enabling standardised, open neuroscience | 10th April 2024, from 4.00pm | 90 High Holborn - Function space | Closed | Slides |
James Wilson (鶹ýƵվ) & Ben Waugh (鶹ýƵվ) | Tech meets Teach and Code Social | 8th May 2024, from 3.00pm* | 40 Bernard Street - Room 203* | Closed |
Nikos Konstantinidis (鶹ýƵվ) | 5th June 2024*, from 4.00pm | 90 High Holborn - Function space | Closed | | |
Jasmin Jahić (University of Cambridge) | Software architecture: between rigid processes and 'somehow I manage' approach | 14th August 2024, from 4pm | 90 High Holborn - Function space | Closed | | Slides |
Milan Klöwer (University of Oxford) | 11th September 2024, from 4pm | 90 High Holborn - Function space | Closed | | | |
Sneha Jha (Imperial College) | History and current state of the research on LLMs | 9th October 2024, from 4pm | 90 High Holborn - Function space | Please wait..... |
*Please note a change of week,time or location from the norm
See the TechSocial Series Archive for our series backlog